Crib



Dec-18,1928. 1,695,571

w. c. BAXTER CRIB Filed April 25, 192-7 jz z 1 2 26 f'ga INVENTOR warm; 6M6

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Patented 181,

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i The present invention relates to cribs and more particularly to the type in which a side. of the crib is adapted to be raised and low-\ cred through a sliding movement for the pur: 5 pose of. permitting ready access to the crib. An object of this invention is to provide a novel means of guiding the side to raised and lowered positions such means being strong and durable in use and inexpensive to manufacture. I

To these and other ends, the invention con sistsoi certain arts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafterdescribed: the novel 'featuresbeing po nted out in the appen iedclaim. I

.In the drawings: Fig, 1 is a fragmentary perspective vlew of acrib'embodyngthe present inve'nton;

Fig. a detail view of one of the end posts 29 upon which the guiding means for-the SllClable side is arranged; I

' Figs 3 is a rear view of one of the upper guidemembers; 1 v Fig dis a rear view of one oi the lower guide members; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the side is cush= ioned upon its descent and at the same time is held in interlocking relation with the guide In the illustrated embodiment of the invention 1 indicates the crib which has a sliding side 2 providedat each of its ends with two projections Each proyectionyin time in stance, having a narrow portion 3 and an en- 'larged or headed portion t. Two of the posts 1 of the frame are provided with guiding means-on which the headed. projections of a the side operate,

The guiding means, in this instance, com

4 prises two guide members on each pcst l arranged, one vertically above the other;

' These guide .members are, in this instance,

formed from sheet metal to provide a front plate 5 anda marginal or surrounding flange 6 so that a chamber 7 is provided on the rear face of the member Screws 8 pass through each member and into the post 1 to holdthe member to the post. 7

- v The upper guide members are each provid 111 preferably of cylindrical form secured in the enlargement. 10' by a screw 12. I Each-lower guide member has a" slot 13 formed in the front plates 3 substantially throughout the length of the guide member" 7 and inclined slightly to the vertical. The lower end of the slot has an enlargement 14. 5 The slot 13 is. narrower than the head 4 of the 'projection and wider than the narrower por tion 3, whereas, the enlargement 14 is larger than the head 4: of the projection; At the upper end of the slot 13 a return bend 15 is provided leading to a short arm 16 the end 17 of'which forms a stop or abutment,

VVhenthe side 2 is in its upper positiomthe lower projections 3, {t on the opposite ends of I the side rests against the abutments 17 in the 754 short legs 16 of the slots of the two lower guide members; While the upper projections 3, 4 lie in the slots 9 of the two upper guide 1 members near the upper ends of such slots as A illustrated in Fig 1 of the drawings. When so I it is desired to lower the side 2, the latter is elevated slightly and given a slight outward movement at its lower edge in order to bring the two lower projections 3, Pinto the longlegs 13 of the slots of the lower guide members, and the side 2 is'permitted to descend As the side descends the projections 3, 4 operating in the upper slots 9 will contact with. the two rubber bumpers 11 stepping all four of the heads before the latteri'each the openings 10 and 14;. To remove the side 2 the bum ers' 11 are removed so that the four hea s 4 may be aligned with the openings 10, and 14: withdrawn from suehopenings The guides are inexpensively formed from sheet material and effectively engage the headed.

projections on the sliding side so that the possibility of accidental disconnection between the side and the guide member is eliminated.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure b Letters Patent is:

Iii a eri the combination with a corner] post, and a ggleide on the corner post formed to be frointhe guide withwith a cham r and a slot leading through dm'walof the head of the. 'ro ection through said chamber having an enlargement, of a the enlargement .of the s 0t,' and a bumper side member having a headed projection, the arranged in said enlargement to prevent the 5 head of the projection operatin in the chamwithdrawal of the head of the projection ber of theguide'and the reduce portion o per- .from thechamber. ating in theslot, the pro'jeetio'n being adapted WILLIAM G. BAXTER. 

